transplantethics.org

The web site of the Chicago Transplant Ethics Consortium

Current Members

Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA

J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Microbiology-Immunology

Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

mabecass@nmh.org

Patrice Al-Saden, RN, CCRC

Senior Clinical Research Associate

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

palsaden@northwestern.edu

Janet Aminoff, LCSW

Outpatient Transplant Social Worker

Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

jaminoff@nmh.org

Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery and Chief, Endocrine Surgery

Associate Director, MacLean Center for Medical Ethics

The University of Chicago

pangelos@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Talia Baker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

tabaker@nmh.org

Cynthia Barnard, MBA, MSJS, CPHQ

Director, Quality Strategies

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

cbarnard@nmh.org

Andres T. Blei, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Hepatology

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

a-blei@northwestern.edu

jane charette, RN, BSN, CCRC

Clinical Research Associate

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jane-charette@northwestern.edu

Lori Clark, RN

Living Donor Liver Transplant Coordinator

Kovler Organ Transplantation Surgery

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

lclark@nmh.org

David C. Cronin, II, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Director, Liver Transplantation and Transplantation Intensive Care Unit

Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital

david.cronin@yale.edu

Jeanine Elkin, RN

Living Liver Transplant Coordinator

Section of Transplantation

University of Chicago Hospitals

jelkin@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Joel Frader, MD, MA

Professor of Pediatrics/Medical Humanities and Bioethics

Division Head, General Academic Pediatrics

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Children’s Memorial Hospital

j-frader@northwestern.edu

John Franklin, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Associate Dean of Minority and Cultural Affairs

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jef@northwestern.edu

John J. Friedewald, MD

Assistant Professor of Nephrology and Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jfriedew@nmh.org

Jonathan P. Fryer, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Clinical Practice Director, Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jfryer@nmh.org

Aviva Goldberg, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Nephrology

Winnipeg Children’s Hospital

agoldberg@exchange.hsc.mb.ca

Gary Harding, MD, FRCPC

Medical Oncologist

Medical Ethics Fellow, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics

University of Chicago

gary.harding@cancercaremanitoba.mb.ca

Bernie Keller

Living Kidney Donor

Chicago, Illinois

kellerbernie@sbcglobal.net

Alan J. Koffron, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

akoffron@nmh.org

Charles Leroux

Senior Correspondent, Chicago Tribune

Kidney Transplant Recipient

Chicago, IL

cleroux@nmh.org

Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jleventh@nmh.org

Gwen E. McNatt, MS, RN, CNN, CFNP

Director, Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

gmcnatt@nmh.org

Douglas R. Penrod, RN

Transplant Outreach Liaison

Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

dpenrod@nmh.org

Luke Preczewski

Division Administrator, Organ Transplantation Surgery

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

lpreczew@nmh.org

Michael Reed